Serge Berger

Serge Berger

InvestorPlace Contributor

Serge Berger is the Head Trader and Investment Strategist for The Steady Trader.

He has been an active trader since 1998. During his career, he has been a financial analyst, dealt in fixed income instruments at JPMorgan, and was a proprietary trader in equity options and futures. Having exposure to a range of different asset classes allowed him to identify which asset classes and strategies best fit his goal of achieving consistent profits.

Over the years, he created a trading methodology that divides markets into different time frames and characters, allowing him to determine which strategies to apply in which situations without emotion. By focusing on only the highest probability trading setups, Serge maximizes overall profitability and minimizes stress and volatility.

Follow him on Twitter via @SteadyTrader.

Recent Articles

Let Yahoo Take Its Lumps for a Minute

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor

Yahoo looks technically frothy in the short-term, but it is in position to work nicely higher still in the coming years.

GOOG Is Full Right Now. Come Back Later.

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor

Google's near-term overbought condition favors a quick GOOG trade on the short side, but that's about it. Longs will have to wait it out.

How Low Can Gold and Silver Go?

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor

Yesterday's snapback didn't pull gold and silver out of their longer-term downtrends, but it did create long-side opportunities for swifter traders.

Facebook Stock Is in No-Man’s Land

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor

A year after its disastrous IPO, Facebook sits in a technical rut that should have long-side investors thinking twice.

Don’t Toy With Technically Sloppy Nokia

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor

Nokia's ugly chart has been screaming "hands off," and yesterday's ugly performance only confirms that stance -- for now.

The Solar ETF Still Is Turned Sunward

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor

Follow-through buying after last Friday's breakout in solar stocks bodes well for the Guggenheim Solar ETF. Just make sure to monitor the broader market, too.

Tesla Stock Needs Time to Calm Down

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor

Big moves like the one Tesla Motors saw last week tend to need time to digest, warranted or not. Traders' best move here might just be no move at all.

Don’t Chase Microsoft Higher Here

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor

Microsoft's vigorous rally has given way to a few days of selling -- but traders would be advised to wait for true signs of a consolidation phase before going long MSFT.

Apple: Positive Posture, but Overbought

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor

The break of the September 2012 downtrend puts Apple stock into a positive formation that should lead to further gains in coming months, though right now might not be the time to bite.

S&P 500 & the Dow: Stay the Trend Till It Ends

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor

While instinct might have you cut ties from the S&P 500 and Dow Jones while they're still hovering around all-time highs, stick around -- both have a little juice left.

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